Games Like Potionomics

Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down. Recette Lemongrass finds herself in charge of an item shop built into her house, in order to pay back a loan her father took and then skipped out on - and Tear, her newfound fairy "companion", won't take no for an answer!

Why similar: Capitalism 59.3%, RPG 8.9%, Female Protagonist 8.4%, Management 6.1%, Simulation 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is the quintessential shop-management game that mirrors the core loop of running a fantasy store to pay off a massive debt.

Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.

Why similar: Crafting 25.4%, Capitalism 21.9%, Resource Management 12.9%, Management 11.1%, Life Sim 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the most immersive potion-brewing experience, focusing on the tactile process of crafting and selling to specific customer needs.

Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 26%, Dating Sim 21.8%, Card Game 13.1%, Life Sim 11%, LGBTQ+ 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the narrative-heavy, deck-building social sim feel where every choice impacts your relationships and future.

Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

Why similar: Simulation 88.2%, Singleplayer 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the inventory management and customer interaction aspects of running a specialized plant shop.

Winkeltje: The Little Shop is all about building, decorating, and running your own old-world fantasy shop. Buy low, sell high - from nails and apples to swords and alchemic love potions. Impress your customers, craft items, and be the master of your very own shop.

Why similar: Capitalism 29.6%, Wholesome 18.6% ★, Crafting 13%, Management 10%, Time Management 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A pure shop-management experience that emphasizes store customization and economic growth.

A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!

Why similar: Capitalism 35%, Time Management 22.3%, Simulation 13.4%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, RPG 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an engaging management loop where you must craft dishes, manage your shop, and build relationships with unique customers.

Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.

Why similar: Management 33.4%, Fantasy 22.7%, RPG 22.6%, Simulation 18.2%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly balances the dual life of a shopkeeper who manages inventory by day and explores dungeons to gather stock by night.

Gather exotic ingredients, brew complex mixtures, and expand your magically automated production lines -- keeping your shelves stocked, your customers happy, and your pockets full.

Why similar: Management 25.2%, Crafting 24.2%, Life Sim 18.7%, Fantasy 15.7%, Simulation 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the potion-crafting and shop-management loop with a focus on automation and inventory management.

Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.

Why similar: Dating Sim 26.9%, Wholesome 22.4% ★, Crafting 18.4%, Life Sim 14.2%, Simulation 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines potion brewing with town-building and social relationships in a charming, cozy setting.

Prepare the next monarch by finding her hobbies, training her for battle, and befriending the citizens she'll one day protect. Dive into an all-new parenting-simulator-RPG adventure, where every decision you make will not only affect the future of your daughter but that of an entire empire!

Why similar: Dating Sim 26.6%, Life Sim 20.8%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Time Management 11.5%, RPG 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A strong focus on character relationships, stat-raising, and multiple endings that mirror the dating-sim elements of Potionomics.

Travel to the sleepy village of Caterwaul Way and rebuild your grandmother's cat cafe. Renovate your restaurant, befriend the local cats and townsfolk, forge lasting friendships, unravel catty mysteries, and build a home for dozens of unique felines!

Why similar: Wholesome 27% ★, Time Management 18.6%, Management 16.8%, Life Sim 16.4%, Simulation 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and customer interaction side of running a cozy, specialized business.

Craft your culinary adventure in a beautiful pixel art world. Manage your restaurants, forage and hunt for ingredients, befriend locals, and grow your culinary empire. What kind of chef will you be?

Why similar: Life Sim 21.3%, Crafting 19.4%, Resource Management 18.2%, Management 17.5%, RPG 14%

Why You'll Like It: Combines deep management, crafting, and social elements in a vibrant world that feels very similar to the Potionomics experience.

Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!

Why similar: Dating Sim 29.4%, Crafting 21%, Life Sim 20.7%, RPG 8.8%, Female Protagonist 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features robust crafting and community-building mechanics that drive the narrative forward.

Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.

Why similar: Life Sim 22.1%, Management 18.2%, Crafting 17.8%, Resource Management 13.6%, RPG 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Involves managing a fantasy establishment, crafting goods, and interacting with a diverse cast of patrons.

Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?

Why similar: Deckbuilding 20.5%, Card Game 13.4%, Crafting 12%, Time Management 11.8%, Resource Management 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A complex, card-based crafting and management game set in a rich, lore-heavy fantasy library.

Potion Tycoon is a management simulator with a witchy twist! Build and develop your very own magic shop. Manage resources, set up production lines, mix potions and sell them smartly to stay ahead of the competition. Welcome to the potion business!

Why similar: Capitalism 37.2%, Management 17.5%, Resource Management 16.5%, Simulation 11.2%, Fantasy 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the business, production, and economic side of running a potion-making empire.

The inventory management roguelike! Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!

Why similar: Deckbuilding 52.7%, Female Protagonist 20.6%, Fantasy 16.4%, Strategy 8.3%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the inventory management and deck-building combat loop that makes the haggling in Potionomics so satisfying.

Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.

Why similar: Crafting 39.8%, Management 18.4%, RPG 15.4%, Simulation 13.6%, Fantasy 7%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep crafting and management systems wrapped in a quirky, dark fantasy tone that rewards optimization.

Merchant in Dungeon is about managing shops.Hercules enters Dark Gate Town solo, aiming to repay his father's debt. Starting with a store, he grows capital, hires, expands shops, and manages relationships with diverse female NPCs. Dominating the business scene? Quite a challenge!

Why similar: Capitalism 30.1%, Crafting 12.4%, Time Management 10.4%, Resource Management 9.7%, Management 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Directly addresses the shop-keeping and dungeon-crawling loop with a focus on economic management.

You're a witch, leading your coven into new, unfriendly lands. Use the cards you find to build and expand your civilization. Befriend the local covens or use their bones to fuel your spells. Gather your familiars, the witching hour is nigh.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 29.1%, Card Game 20.1%, Management 13.9%, Crafting 12.6%, Simulation 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Uses card-based mechanics to manage a magical shop and world, emphasizing strategic resource allocation.

Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.

Why similar: Dating Sim 33.3%, Life Sim 19.7%, Crafting 17%, Simulation 9.7%, LGBTQ+ 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a cozy, social-driven life simulation experience with strong crafting and community elements.

Little Witch in the Woods tells the story of Ellie, an apprentice witch. Explore the mystical forest, help the charming residents, and experience the daily life of the witch.

Why similar: Crafting 30.4%, Life Sim 29.2%, Simulation 19.5%, RPG 15.9%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on potion crafting and cozy exploration in a magical setting.

Join Tara on a heartfelt journey to become a witch in Wylde Flowers. Farm by day, and cast spells by night as you craft your cottagecore life and bond with your coven. Come to know and love the fully voice acted characters of Fairhaven, as you unravel a local mystery.

Why similar: Dating Sim 21.1%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Life Sim 13.1%, Simulation 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines magic, crafting, and deep social relationships in a charming life-sim format.

Take fate into your own hands in Lakeburg Legacies, a social-based village management sim where love is your favourite resource. Play matchmaker to create the most effective, and most loved up, couples and help your kingdom thrive. How long will it take you to crown a sovereign?

Why similar: Dating Sim 26.4%, Resource Management 14.9%, Management 13.8%, LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Romance 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on managing relationships and social dynamics, which is a key pillar of the Potionomics experience.

Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.2%, Crafting 26.8%, Fantasy 17.9%, Simulation 14.7%, Anime 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the cozy, social atmosphere of serving customers and listening to their stories in a relaxing environment.

Experience a hilarious and adorable e-commerce game in a magical world where humans and monsters are at war. Help a humble rabbit fairy expand her online store selling homegrown carrots. Uncover hidden secrets while growing the business and becoming a successful entrepreneur.

Why similar: Capitalism 29.7%, Dating Sim 17.9%, Time Management 8.6%, Romance 8.2%, Life Sim 8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of shop-management and narrative-driven dating simulation with an anime aesthetic.

Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.

Why similar: Management 28.2%, Crafting 27.1%, Female Protagonist 26.4%, Simulation 10.5%, Indie 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines management and deep, character-driven narrative in a way that emphasizes emotional connection.

Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.

Why similar: Capitalism 37.6%, Management 18.8%, Life Sim 11.3%, Resource Management 9.7%, Time Management 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep business management and economic simulation for those who enjoy the capitalism aspect of Potionomics.

Start your new life! Build the farm of your dreams as you discover a world brimming with possibilities. Magic, romance, and adventure all await you in this nostalgic farming / life sim RPG!

Why similar: Dating Sim 31.5%, Life Sim 14.5%, Romance 13.8%, Crafting 12.1%, RPG 9.2%

Leave everything behind and open a tiny bookshop by the sea in this cozy narrative management game. Stock your tiny bookshop with different books and items, set up shop in scenic locations, and run your cozy second-hand bookshop while getting to know the locals.

Why similar: Resource Management 18%, Time Management 17.5%, Life Sim 17.2%, Management 16.6%, Romance 11.1%

A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 44.7%, Fantasy 33.9%, Simulation 16.9%, Singleplayer 4.5%

Prep your stations for a cozy cooking game with attitude! Prepare unique meals for quirky small-town locals, upgrade and customize your shop, compete in thrilling cooking battles to become top chef, and protect your family’s long-running restaurant alongside a cast of curious companions!

Why similar: Wholesome 23% ★, Crafting 17.3%, Time Management 16.9%, Life Sim 12.9%, Management 12.8%

Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.

Why similar: Card Game 21.7%, Crafting 19.6%, Resource Management 19%, Management 14.1%, Simulation 10%

Why You'll Like It: Card-based management with a focus on discovery, crafting, and dark, atmospheric storytelling.

Manage your own discount supermarket! Get caught up in small-town drama, organize and plan your shop's layout, and strike lucrative trade deals as you expand your secretive aunt's business empire. Selling more frozen fries will surely heal this broken community...right?

Why similar: Wholesome 23.1% ★, Capitalism 19.3%, Life Sim 15%, Time Management 12.5%, Management 10.4%

Shop Titans is the ultimate RPG shopkeeper simulation. Craft powerful equipment, stock your shop and sell to aspiring heroes… at a markup! Hire heroes and explore dungeons to gather valuable materials to craft with. There’s never a dull moment in the world of Shop Titans!

Why similar: Crafting 26.7%, Management 17.6%, Resource Management 17.1%, Fantasy 14.9%, Simulation 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the crafting and shop-management economy with a heavy emphasis on trade and production.

Manage your very own Witchcraft Shop! Witchy Business is a job simulator game where you brew potions for your customers, collect oddities, grow flowers in your garden, upgrade your alchemy station, and thrive. Make sure you are quick to take care of customers and hex thieves!

Why similar: Wholesome 38.5% ★, Crafting 26.9%, Simulation 16%, RPG 13%, Strategy 5.7%

Master the art of alchemy in Potion Shop Simulator, a unique blend of simulation and strategy. Brew potions, manage your shop, and cater to a magical clientele in a single-player or co-op experience of the medieval fantasy world.

Why similar: Capitalism 35.6%, Crafting 16.5%, Resource Management 15.4%, Management 12.3%, Fantasy 10.1%

Moonstone Island is a creature-collecting life-sim set in an open world with 100 islands to explore. Make friends, brew potions, collect Spirits, and test your strength in card-based encounters to complete your Alchemy training!

Why similar: Deckbuilding 36.4%, Dating Sim 21.6%, Life Sim 12%, Fantasy 9.9%, Simulation 7.9%

Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop.

Why similar: Capitalism 34.8%, Management 21%, Simulation 19.1%, Card Game 14.3%, Life Sim 8.6%

WitchSpring R is a story-driven RPG combining elements of collecting, simulation, and battling. Experience the joy of training a young witch and accompany her on a grand adventure!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 30.7%, Crafting 27.6%, RPG 21.4%, Fantasy 10.3%, Anime 5.4%

You have two weeks to save the harvest festival! Tend your garden and collect plants for spells and rituals to help the villagers of Flora. After all, if magic isn't for solving everyday problems, what’s the point of a village witch anyway? A cozy story filled with chaos, friendship, and romance!

Why similar: Crafting 24.6%, Dating Sim 21.9%, Wholesome 21.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Simulation 9.2%

Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!

Why similar: Crafting 33.4%, Life Sim 26.1%, RPG 16.3%, Simulation 14.8%, Female Protagonist 4.3%

Save your grandparent's failing café/magic shop from bankruptcy and possibly fall in love!

Why similar: Dating Sim 35%, LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Romance 10.8%, Fantasy 8.9%

Reclaim glory in Magic Inn, a charming tavern life simulator. Take on the role of an exiled wizard-turned-innkeeper, overseeing everything from menus, rooms, guests, and staff in a fully magical customizable inn. Engage in card battles to spark conversations and foster relationships with guests.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 25.1%, Crafting 16.4%, Life Sim 13.5%, Card Game 13%, Management 12.1%

You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.

Why similar: Dating Sim 44.8%, Romance 26.2%, Simulation 14.7%, RPG 11.9%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Craft magic potions and sell them in your own alchemy shop! Explore the world and harvest plants to discover new recipes! Take care of your own garden of alchemy and decorate the shop as you like!

Why similar: Capitalism 26.8%, Time Management 22.2%, Management 16.2%, Wholesome 14.7% ★, Crafting 10.5%

Run your own magic business! In Alchemist Shop Simulator you can trade magical wares, brew potions and take on special orders, meet many quirky clients, grow your ingredients in your garden, restock your shelves and manage prices. Keep expanding your business as you gain experience and wealth!

Why similar: Crafting 24.8%, Resource Management 20.2%, Management 18.7%, Simulation 13.8%, Fantasy 9.6%

Magical Greenhouse is a cozy simulation game where you manage your own potion shop. Your clients, creatures and adventurers of all kinds have strange requests. You will have to be inventive to create the perfect potion for every situation!

Why similar: Crafting 33.3%, Wholesome 31.9% ★, Simulation 15%, Management 13.6%, Indie 5%

The charming and relaxing stone-age farming sim where you live in a thriving community exploring the wonderful world of Pacha. Discover "ideas," domesticate crops, befriend animals, and help your village grow. Play co-op with friends or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.

Why similar: Dating Sim 29.8%, Crafting 19.8%, Life Sim 14.9%, Romance 14.4%, RPG 8.9%

From the creators of Game Dev Tycoon comes Tavern Keeper 🍻, a cosy-chaotic management sim, featuring a powerful decoration sandbox and a magical storybook RPG!

Why similar: Management 27.1%, Fantasy 23.5%, Simulation 19.5%, RPG 15.3%, Strategy 11.8%

Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!

Why similar: Dating Sim 34.3%, Crafting 17.6%, Life Sim 17.2%, RPG 10.8%, Fantasy 10.7%

Bear and Breakfast is a laid-back management adventure game where you build and run a bed and breakfast...but you’re a bear.

Why similar: Crafting 29.5%, Resource Management 18.2%, Life Sim 16.5%, Management 13.5%, Simulation 10.6%

Run your own love shop in this quirky first-person simulator! Stock 30+ products, set up displays, hire staff, and serve customers to earn tips. Unlock new items through a spin system and grow your fun, chaotic business into the hottest spot in town. 😏

Why similar: Capitalism 42.5%, Management 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Life Sim 14%, Simulation 10.1%

Live the day-to-day of a magic school student! Whimel Academy is a cozy magic school simulation game. Manage your time and balance between studying magic, part-time jobs, and befriending (or romance) classmates in this wholesome and enchanting world!

Why similar: Dating Sim 25.7%, Time Management 16.5%, Life Sim 13.2%, LGBTQ+ 9.8%, Management 9.8%

A wholesome, cosy shopkeeping game with no pressures, no stress, and endless good vibes! Uncover and clean trinkets then upcycle them to sell to endless colourful and quirky customers. Spend your savings to upgrade your shop, buy better tools, plus expand and customise your space.

Why similar: Wholesome 26.5% ★, Crafting 19.9%, Time Management 19.2%, Life Sim 14%, Fantasy 10%

Open your own Card shop by the seaside! Buy, trade and sell Cards, OR keep them for your own collection! Earn reputation with customers, beat your shop goals, unlock new decorations, and host exciting events to bring everyone to the best Card shop in town!

Why similar: Capitalism 37.7%, Resource Management 14.9%, Time Management 13.6%, LGBTQ+ 10.7%, Management 10.5%

A super cute and tasty roguelite-flavored dungeon crawler! Explore a lush world and defeat monsters with your trusty spatula and some boba tea, then gather delicious ingredients and bring them home to cook and serve at your restaurant!

Why similar: Wholesome 30.4% ★, Female Protagonist 18%, Management 15.9%, Fantasy 12.3%, Simulation 10.5%

Searching for a peaceful farm life, a fresh mountain breeze, and your own market stall? Look no further than the friendly community of Zephyr Town! Here you’ll grow crops and raise animals, get to know the locals, and sell your wares at the town's bazaar to restore it to its former glory.

Why similar: Dating Sim 26%, Wholesome 22% ★, Crafting 17.5%, Life Sim 12.9%, Romance 12.8%

Date your weapons! Romance swords, daggers, and polearms to level them up in this “shack-and-slash” dungeon crawling adventure.

Why similar: Dating Sim 42.1%, LGBTQ+ 23.4%, Romance 19.7%, RPG 12.8%, Singleplayer 2%

Become the owner of a game store! Organize shelves, repair CDs, negotiate profits, promote your store via live stream, and increase customer satisfaction.

Why similar: Capitalism 36.8%, Time Management 14.7%, Resource Management 11.9%, Management 11.6%, Life Sim 9.7%